a drug that induces sleep
soporific
How to use soporific in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for soporific.
Editorial note
I’m not sure what soporific magic is at play here.
Quick take
a drug that induces sleep
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of soporific gathered in one view.
sleep inducing
inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for soporific.
noun
a drug that induces sleep
See also: hypnotic
adjective
sleep inducing
See also: soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic
adjective
inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
See also: narcotic, soporiferous
Example sentences
I’m not sure what soporific magic is at play here.
I thought the Bible was soporific but those two...
In class, we encountered "soporific", and I thought, "oops, I guess 'soponific' isn't right..."
I disagree -- it is a soporific effect, not a preference.
It cheapens the thread, is lazy and soporific and will never make your point, if anything it does the exact opposite.
Music that is too slow or relaxing is unhelpfully soporific.
For example "opium makes you sleep because it's soporific," where "soporific" is a fancy way of saying "makes you sleep.
I teach college biology, and I've never seen a textbook in my discipline that wasn't written in a soporific and meandering style.
You what you and the others posting the soporific "bored of the Jobs worship" nonsense, or downvoting without reply, miss in the article is the take away that the anecdote is offering.
I've not read the actual book, but the author-narrated audio is a perennial mind-expanding yet strangely soporific bed time favourite of mine.
"You can get the same effect by listening to an audiobook, without having to worry about the glow of a screen at all. I use a cheap dollar-store speaker tucked under my pillow, where the muffled drone of the book is still distinct and listenable, but just soporific enough to lull me to sleep.
These faulty diagnoses led to the prescription of the powerfully soporific antipsychotic Risperdal, which turned my clients into physically weak zombies, and, for that reason, into victims of sexual assault.
When collapse arrives the latter too are just unavoidable, the Earth will ruthlessly desecrate our myths and idols, so it's better if we ourselves do it in a more orderly fashion, waking up from the dreams for which we have abused technology as a sort of hallucinogenic soporific.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use soporific in a sentence?
I’m not sure what soporific magic is at play here.
What does soporific mean?
a drug that induces sleep
What part of speech is soporific?
soporific is commonly used as noun, adjective.